Kaname-kun Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 Looks like my Geonoma atrovirens is flowering in a small way. Wonder if I'll get any viable seed? 12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redant Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 beauty Jupiter FL in the Zone formally known as 10A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmatierMeg Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 amen to that Meg Palms of Victory I shall wear Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise) Florida Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal Elevation: 15 feetI'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmarum Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Kaname-kun said: Looks like my Geonoma atrovirens is flowering in a small way. Wonder if I'll get any viable seed? ... Wow. That would have caused me to freak out if I found that one morning. Congrats on the flowering. It has to be one of the largest specimens in S. Florida (especially among those grown in the ground) and it is perfect. We never knew how big specimens had to be to flower in cultivation, but now we do. I guess the small surface inflorescence is adapted to be pollinated by crawling insects... like beetles maybe? Hmm. You could get viable seed right at the beginning, just depends on how well the flowers form at its first 'shot' at blooming. It would also depend on how easily the flowers are pollinated and if both male and female flowers are open at the same time on the same inflorescence; i.e. so the palm can 'self pollinate'. Chances are, you may need multiple inflorescences on the same plant in order to have a chance at self pollination, if it does (or will) flower that prolifically. Again, it is a perfectly grown plant. It is easily twice the size of the largest one I had seen in person and that one was in a pot. The photo shows a happy palm doing it's best to smile. Ryan South Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realarch Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 Well grown specimen….kudos! I’ve got several in the garden, fairly young, and have never seen an inflorescence before, so thanks for the post. Interesting that it comes from the base of the plant, I never expected that. My other Geonoma are trunking with the flowers relatively high. The only other South American palm I’ve got with the inflorescence coming from the base is a Prestoea ensiformis. G. atrovirens is a striking palm and I had better luck obtaining larger specimens than bare root or small seedlings. Mortality was significant with a plants smaller than 1 gal. Boy, if you can grow them, give them a go. Tim Tim Hilo, Hawaii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missi Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 WHAAAT! How did you grow this in the FL heat, and especially in-ground?! Naples (inland), FL - technically 10a but more like 9b in the winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaname-kun Posted July 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 It's been in the ground two years, and was substantial when put in the ground, but maybe 1/3 larger now? Prior to that it was grown by in a pot in Florida. But I have a very dense "rainforest" patch that is protected from sun and most wind. Even though my soil is pretty good, when I plant palms like this, I dig a very large hole and fill it with the best soil I can find. And I water daily. But I'm not magic. I lost one in a pot a few years ago--just forgot to water on a dry, windy day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realarch Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 So Jeffery, how are your G. atrovirens doing? Tim Tim Hilo, Hawaii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalfan Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 I just got a small one of these. I thought they were supposed to have really dark leaves. Is there a way such as altering the light it gets to make it darken? 2537EA2E-0405-4D5B-9A01-4D64B5A23522_1_201_a.heic "You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes"---SliPknot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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